New Yorkers with previous marijuana convictions will have their records wiped clean under the new legalization law New Yorkers with previous marijuana convictions will have their records wiped clean under the new legalization law Kelly McLaughlin Wed, March 31, 2021, 11:05 AM Jamie Grill/Getty Images New York Governor signed a law on Wednesday that legalizes marijuana use for adults. The law allows adults to possess up to three ounces of marijuana. People who were convicted for possession up to the legal amount will have their sentences expunged. The criminal records of people previously convicted of marijuana-related crimes in New York will be expunged under a new law passed in the state. New York Governor signed the bill into law on Wednesday, legalizing marijuana for adults across the state. The new law will allow New Yorkers to possess three ounces of marijuana or less, and will let them grow up to three marijuana plants at home. Anyone previously convicted of marijuana possession under the now-legal limit will have their convictions expunged and they will be re-sentenced, according to ABC News. (Snipped for length) So that's now 16 states + DC with recreational use- that's about 1/3 of the US, and most of the other states have some form of medical use. How long is our government going to continue to deny reality by keeping cannabis federally illegal? Granny